Uganda Neonatal Mortality Policies and Model Data

Uganda is the geographic focus of this dataset, which contains information on policies aimed at reducing neonatal mortality. The dataset was created by George Bamwebaze and last updated on March 19, 2026. It is a small file (5.5 KB) in XLS format, licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Use Cases

• Modeling neonatal mortality trends based on described spatiotemporal covariates.
• Analyzing the impact of health policies on newborn survival rates in Uganda.
• Forecasting neonatal mortality using the Kalman filtering technique mentioned in platform tags.
• Studying the relationship between described dependent variables and newborn deaths within the first 28 days.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
• File is small (5.5 KB), facilitating quick download and inspection.
• Last update timestamp (2026-03-19) is explicitly provided.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

George Bamwebaze via figshare

Collection Method

Likely compiled or simulated for a study, as suggested by platform tags like 'Study Aimed' and 'Simulated Data'.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 17:42:39; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Uganda